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The ten Sikh Gurus kept alive the flame of Dharma during Islamic rule in India. Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth Sikh Guru who was born on 15 April 1563 and was executed by the Islamic Emperor Jahangir. Guru Arjan Dev was not the only Guru who the Islamic invaders killed. Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru, was beheaded by the Islamic Emperor Aurangzeb, a grandson of Jahangir, for refusing to convert to Islam. Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, was assassinated by Jamshed Khan and Wasil Beg on the order of Nawab Wazir Khan.

Pope Francis, Head of the Roman Catholic Church, has declared ten Christians as Saint on May 16, 2022. Devashayam Pillai is one of them. After the declaration, frontline newspapers have published several articles on him glorifying his sainthood. However, some hidden facts have been ignored while glorifying Devasahayam Pillai.

Since the establishment of Islam, women in Islam have been facing secondary status within the community, although in Shia and Sunni Muslims. Many restrictions have been imposed on Muslim women under Sharia Law. Even Dr BR Ambedkar once said that the Muslim woman is the most helpless person in the world. Dr BR Ambedkar expressed his views on Islam in his book namely ‘Pakistan or the Partition of India’, published by Maharashtra Government. The non-Muslim societies have attained modern values to some extent while reaching the 21st century, but Muslim women have not been yet released from basic religious restrictions. Still the incidences of discrimination have been observed against Muslim women within Islam. Recently, a Muslim cleric reprimanded the organizers for calling a female student on the stage to receive her award.

Rajasthan observed a second violent clash within a month between the Hindu and Muslim communities. Previous violence was observed on the occasion of Ram Navami. The heavy stones were pelted on a procession carried out by the local Hindus in Jodhpur. The same city now observed the clash on the occasion of Eid-Al-Fitr.

Churches in Kerala have expressed concern about interfaith marriages, especially the marriages of Christian brides and Muslim grooms. Earlier, Kerala's top Christian leader had called it 'Love Jihad' and had opposed such marriages. The issue was once again raised after Kerala High Court rejected the habeas corpus plea of Joseph Thenmalayil, Father of Joisna Joseph.

A three-day annual meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha (RSS) has been started on March 11 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. On the first day, General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale published the annual report before nearly 1200 members of RSS came from all States. In this report, the organization expressed concern over incidences of Hindu persecution across the country.

In the Aurangabad district in Bihar, some Muslims claimed that their ancestors were Hindus. State Minority Welfare Minister Jama Khan said that his ancestors were Hindus. Similar confessions have started coming from other villages of Bihar as well. Even the Muslims in Piru village of Haspura block of Aurangabad district have admitted that their ancestors were Hindus, Dainik Jagaran reported.